Written questions

673 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Immigration Removal Centres: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to provide people being released from (a) Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre and (b) other immigration removal centres with (i) accommodation and (ii) support so that they

24 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to identify individuals in detention with underlying health conditions; and if he will take steps to ensure that all people in detention are screened to determine whether th

24 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that people who have recently been in contact with women at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre who have become infected with covid-19 will be tested for that disease.

24 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policy on immigration detention of the 17 March 2020 report by Professor Richard Coker on the risk of infection from covid-19 to (a) vulnerab

19 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Family Proceedings: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance he has provided to people who have orders in place through the family courts that stipulate limited contact with children during the covid-19 outbreak where contact cannot be granted due to self-iso

19 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) capacity and (b) sustainability of specialist domestic abuse services in responding to covid-19; and whether emergency funding will be made available for those

19 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Refuges: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will provide compensation for rental income lost due to the closure of a refuge service as a result of covid-19.

19 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Domestic Abuse and Refuges: Key Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will include (a) refuge workers and (b) domestic abuse professionals as key workers.

19 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Detention Centres: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will close (a) Yarl's Wood and (b) other detention centres as a result of covid-19.

16 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to offer small business a payment holiday or longer term repayment scheme for VAT contributions during the covid-19 outbreak.

13 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contingency plans she has to ensure that people unable to attend tribunal hearings for benefit allocations as a result of self-isolating have adequate living funds.

13 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Tribunals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government's response to covid-19, what his policy is on the potential postponement of tribunals for cases appealing decisions by the (a) the Department of Work and Pensions and (b) Home Off

5 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to raise awareness of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme among victims of domestic violence.

5 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Government guidance on the Gov.UK website entitled, Ask for a Crown Court sentence to be reviewed, will be updated to include coercive control.

5 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Public Sector: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Government has allocated for the training of frontline public sector workers to provide trauma-informed support in the last three years.

5 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding the Government has allocated to the training of children’s social care workers in the last three years.

5 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding the Government has provided to support the prevention of adolescent to parent violence in the last five years.

5 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the statutory duties in the Domestic Abuse Bill will include the provision of (a) frontline services in the community, (b) Independent Domestic Abuse Advisors and other specialist support serv

5 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to protect survivors of domestic abuse from further trauma in the family courts.

5 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Violence: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many FTE young people’s violence advisors are employed in England and Wales.

5 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Relationships and Sex Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours of training teachers will receive to deliver the new Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum.

5 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people who have experienced abuse are able to access support services if they disclose domestic abuse in school; and what support is provided to teachers to deal wit

5 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Relationships and Sex Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking through the new Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum to tackle the effect of domestic abuse on children.

26 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on the use of fines for contractors that do not meet the timescale for getting detainees to report for deportation; and what assessment her Department has made of the e

26 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the use of restraints when transporting women from Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre to be deported.

26 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

100,000 Genomes Project

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to evaluate the 100,000 Genomes Project.

26 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Genomics England: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisation Genomics England is accountable to.

26 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Genomics England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role he plans Genomics England to play in the NHS Genomic Medicine Service after the completion of the 100,000 Genomes Project.

21 May 2019 · Home Office

Deportation: Colombia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women removed to Colombia disclosed experience of domestic abuse in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.

21 May 2019 · Home Office

Deportation: Brazil

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women removed to Brazil disclosed experience of domestic abuse in (a) 2016 (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.

Source: official written-questions record.